Boston police say a court-authorized search at a Dorchester apartment on Monday turned up a sizable stash of suspected narcotics and ended with one man in handcuffs. Officers served the warrant at 20 Kerwin Street, found the unit’s lone occupant inside, and arrested him without incident. Investigators described the raid as the end point of a lengthy, multi-agency undercover investigation that also turned up digital scales, multiple cellphones, identification documents, packaging materials and a significant amount of U.S. currency.
What officers recovered
According to a post from the Boston Police Department (Official), investigators seized approximately 150.9 grams of suspected fentanyl powder and about 813.1 grams of cocaine from the Kerwin Street apartment. Officers also reported recovering roughly 1,720 blue fentanyl pills, weighing about 191 grams, and approximately 1,600 orange methamphetamine pills, weighing about 480 grams.
Police say those drugs were found alongside digital scales, multiple cellphones and packaging materials consistent with distribution. The post also notes that a large amount of U.S. currency was seized, underscoring why narcotics detectives and their partners invested in a lengthy undercover probe rather than a quick knock at the door.
Multi-agency operation and partners
Boston police say the department’s Drug Control Units carried out the warrant with help from outside partners, a standard playbook for larger narcotics operations. The Norfolk County Police Anti-Crime Task Force, known as NORPAC, is one of several regional multi-jurisdictional units that assist on longer-term investigations involving drug trafficking and related crimes, according to the NORPAC Task Force…